Burkina Faso
ChildrenNoon Meal Improves Girls' Learning in Burkina Faso
Africa food
Summary
The project pays for a noon meal for girls who attend a girls’ middle school and whose parents cannot afford school. Girls walk 6 km to and from school and have no other source of food during the day.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
For the 2008-09 school year, Friends of Burkina Faso will support noon meals for about 500 students of the College Modern de l'Amitie, at a cost of $.40/day/student. A noon meal is essential to students' learning, particularly as they have little or no breakfast and walk 6 km in the heat to and from school. In the 2007-08 school year, the noon meal contributed to an impressive 81% of students completing coursework successfully.
Activities
Three local women prepare a common noon meal of rice and sauce for the students, enhancing students capacity to learn and succeed in their education.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $84,419
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $40,581
Total Funding Goal: $125,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process. Access to food will increase students' ability to succeed in their studies
Project Message
"You can provide [sic] schools, but children will not learn if they are hungry."
- "Foreign Aid," The Economist, April 1, 2006
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Suzanne Plopper
Project Manager, Girls' Education Project
P.O. Box 395
Chester, CA 96020
United States
530-284-7414
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Friends of Burkina Faso (FBF)
P.O. Box 395
Chester,
CA
96020
United States
530-284-7414
http://fbf.tamu.edu
Friends of Burkina Faso (FBF)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Burkina Faso
and can also be found under 
Children.
For more information about Burkina Faso, read the Human Development Report on Burkina Faso or the Wikipedia entry for Burkina Faso.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on July 9, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 15, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
An impressive report card for middle school girls
By Suzanne Plopper - Program Manager, July 09, 2009 09:15 PM
Access to a noon meal has played an essential role in the students’ success, along with dedicated teachers and parents and, most importantly, the commitment of students to their learning.
With an anticipated enrollment of 425 students in middle school next year, the cost of the school lunch program will be approximately $35,000 for the school year. Currently, we have $10,860 to support this project. With your help, we hope to raise an additional $17,000 in order to ensure the continuation of this essential element in the students’ success.
On behalf of NEEED and the middle school students and their parents, we thank you for your past and continuing support which is crucial to enabling these girls to succeed in school.
As always, we welcome your comments and questions.
To quote Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary General: “There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls”.
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